The strongest 16 entries in each region were chosen by our judges and have been moved into the bracket.

In our bracketed voting period (beginning 10.20) each regional finalist will compete for reader's votes until only one remains. Each bracketed face off lasts 24 hours — voting is open from 3:00am(EST) to 3:00am the next day (12:00am(PST)

The four finalists from each U.S. region will compete against one another on Thursday, 10.30.

The two finalists who remain will compete against one another from Friday, 10.31 until noon PST on Monday, 11.3 at which point voting will be closed and the winner announced.